Dr Stephane OSTROWSKIWCS logo

Senior Technical Advisor of Inner Asia Region & Associate Director of Wildlife Health Program

Stephane Ostrowski monitors respiration of snow leopard

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RESUME

Experience

2019— Senior Technical Advisor of Temperate Asia Region & Associate Director of Wildlife Health Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York.
2018— 2019 Science and technical adviser for Inner Asia region, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York.
2006—2018 Ecohealth and conservation adviser,
Western and Central Asia, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York.
1995—2005 Director of the Mammal and Veterinary Departments, National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), Taif, Saudi Arabia. Program manager for the conservation of the Arabian oryx. Chief veterinarian for zoological collections and field veterinary interventions
2000—2004 Lecturer: ecophysiology for master students — Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France; data collection and wildlife monitoring for rangers and field biologists — Training Center for Conservation of Natural Resources, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1999—2004 Biologist: study of the ecology and physiology of desert ungulates (Arabian oryx and sand gazelle). Grantee of the National Geographic Society and the Columbus Zoo, Ohio, USA.
1996—2002 Field consultant (NCWCD, Saudi Arabia; RSCN, Jordan; IUCN, Niger)
1993—1994 Avian veterinarian, NWRC, Taif, Saudi Arabia
1991—1992 Veterinary assistant, France

Education

January 2006 PhD thesis in ecophysiology (“Ecophysiological adjustments of antelopes to desert environments”) — University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France. Supervisors: Hervé Barré and Joseph B. Williams (Ohio State University)
2000 Certificate of wildlife chemical immobilisation — University of Pretoria, South Africa
1996 Doctorate in veterinary science with award — National Veterinary School of Lyon, France
1992 Advanced certificates in virology and immunology— University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France
1991 Veterinary diploma — National Veterinary School of Lyon, France
1986 Scientific baccalaureate with award — Paris, France